Periodontology I - FDP040

• Title: Periodontology I
• Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
• Guaranteed by: Department of Dentistry (15-550)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2025 to 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:9/6, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 1 / 1 / 1
• Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Vladimíra Radochová, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 1st year Dentistry (2019->)}, FDP022, FDP023
• Incompatibility : FZ10039
• Interchangeability : FA0207219
• Is pre-requisite for: FDP058
• In complex pre-requisite: FDP063, FDP064, FDP065, FDP066, FDP067, FDP068, FDP069, FDP070, FDP071, FDP072, FDP073, FDP074, FDP075, FDP076

Annotation

In the winter semester, lectures are focused on the classification of periodontal diseases, examination of the periodontium and periodontal instruments.

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)

Aim of the course

Results:

1. The student acquires theoretical knowledge about the classification of periodontal diseases, periodontal examination and periodontal treatment.
2. The student acquires basic practical skills in periodontal examination and treatment on models in the phantom laboratory.

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)

Literature

Compulsory literature

1. Slezak R. Preclinical periodontology. Nucleus HK, 2007.

Recommend literature

1. Nield-Gehring. Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation. Advanced Root Instrumentation. 5th ed., Lippincott, William and Wilkins, 2004.

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)

Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme

Credit

Credit will be awarded to a student who:

1. has properly completed the practical training in a given semester (any absence must be properly compensated),
2. has demonstrated sufficient knowledge during the continuous examination,
3. passes the credit test with at least 75%. In the event of failure to achieve at least 75% in the test, an oral examination in the scope of this subject will follow.

In the case of repeating a study obligation, the student is required to complete the study obligation in its entirety.

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)

Syllabus

Lectures

The lectures complement the required literature. The lectures highlight the minimum knowledge in the field that is a prerequisite for passing the exam.

1. Periodontology and its significance in medicine. (Slezak 1)                                            
2. Morphology and physiology of the periodontium. (Radochova 1)
3. Diagnostics and classification of periodontal diseases. (Radochova 1)  
4. Examination and evaluation of periodontal tissue. (Radochova 2)
5. Periodontal machines. (Radochova 1)
6. Periodontal instruments. (Radochova 3)

Practical courses & seminars

Practical classes take place in the phantom laboratory of the Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Hradec Králové. Students practice periodontal examination on a model, calculus removal and maintenance of instruments (sharpening/grinding).

Lecturers

• Miroslava Novakova, Bc., DMD
• Assoc. Prof. Vladimira Radochova, M.D., Ph.D.
• Assoc. Prof. Radovan Slezak, M.D., Ph.D.
• Ngoc My Tranová, DMD

  Practical courses (FL)              

1. Training of depuration and subgingival scaling on models. (Radochova, Slezak 3)
2. Sharpening of periodontal instruments. (Radochova, Slezak 3)

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)

Course registration requirements

Prerequisites: obligatory subject of the 1st year, Preclinical Dentistry III, Prosthetic Technology.

Last update: Radochová Vladimíra, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.05.2026)